Face-protector for motorm en



(No Model.)

J. BOWEN.

PAGE PRQTEGTOR FOR MOTORMEN. No. 600,709. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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NITED TATES JOHN BOWVEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOANDREW RADEL, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

FACE-PROTECTOR FOR MOTORM EN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,709, dated March15, 1898.

Application filed July 1'7, 1897. Serial No. 644,891. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BOWEN, acitizen of the United States, residingat Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Face-Protectors for Motormen andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice which will serve as a face-protector for motormen and car-driversin heavy storms, thereby rendering the building of vestibules onstreet-cars unnecessary.

The special requirements of a device of this character are that thefirst cost shall be low enough so that it may be applied to all the carson a line without great expense, that it may be placed Wholly out of theway without removal when not in use, and that it may be readily removedat any time or may be transferred from one end of the car to the other.In order to meet these requirements and to provide a device which willembody many of the functions ofa vestibule without the great expense andserious loss of room which the building of vestibules necessitates, Ihave devised the simple and novel face -protector which I will nowdescribe, referring by numbers and letters to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevationillustrating my novel face-protector as applied to the hood of a car;Fig. 2, an end view of the hood of a car, showing my novelface-protector applied thereto, a portion of the protector being insection on the line :0 0c in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan view ofmynovel face-protector detached.

A denotes the hood of a car, and B my novel face-protector as awhole,said face-protector consisting, essentially, of a strip 1, preferably ofwaterproof material, to which is attached a frame 2, provided with asocket 3 to receive a sheet of glass 4for the motorman or driver to lookthrough. Below the sheet of glass is an apron 5, provided with a ring 6,by means of which and a strap (not shown) the lower end of the protectormay be secured to the dashboard of a car and may be so adjusted as toplace the sheet of glass'at any required height to accommodate the faceof the motorman or driver. The waterproof strip is wound upon a roller7, preferably self-Winding, which is journaled in a frame C, consistingin the present instance of side plates 8, connected by cross-rods 9, thecross-rods and side plates being locked rigidly together by means ofnuts 10 on opposite sides of the plates.

The frame, in the present instance the side plat-es, is provided withhook-shaped arms 11, which are adapted to receive the edge of the hoodof a car. The face of the arms which engage the top of the hood may ormay not be serrated,as shown, the protector as a whole being locked inposition on the hood of a car by means of set-screws 12, which passthrough one side, preferably the under side, of the hook-shaped arms,and engage the hood of the car, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby causing theupper side of the hook-shaped arms (shown in the drawings as serrated)to engage the hood of the car firmly and lock the protector in place.Should it be required at any time to remove the protector entirely fromthe car or to transfer it from one end of a car to the other, it issimply necessary to loosen the two set-screws, which leaves it whollyfree. When it is desired to leave the protector upon the car, it isdrawn up until the frame reaches the roller, and then the frame may bedrawn up under the hood and locked there by means of a strap, hook, orany suitable device (not shown in the draw ings) which may engagethering upon the apron.

The construction of the frame is not of the essence of my invention. Inthe present in stance I have shown the body of the strip and the apronas in one piece, which is provided with an opening inclosed by theframe, the frame being made in two pieces, which lie on opposite sidesof the strip, and are secured to gether by screws 13. The top of theframe is should it become broken.

ever, is reduced to the minimum by providing the bottom and sides of theframe with a U- shaped rubber strip 15, in which the sheet of glassrests. attached to the lower end of the strip and the apron attached tothe lower end of the frame, these being mere details of constructionwhich are not of the essence of my invention.

It will readily be understood that when my novel protector is upon a carin the event of a driving stormof rain or snow or of a severe wind it issimply necessary for the motorman or driver to draw down the protectoruntil the sheet of glass is at the proper height for him to see throughconveniently and secure it in that position. The driver is thusprotected in front from driving storms and from wind and may, ifdesired, be protected at the sides by placing a similar protector ateach side of the hood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A face-protector formotormen comprising in its construction a Waterproof strip provided witha sheet of glass for the purpose set forth, a roller upon which thestrip may be wound, a frame 0 in which the roller is journaled, andmeans for attaching the frame to a car.

2. A face-protector for motormen comprising in its construction awaterproof strip provided with a sheet of glass,aroller upon which thestrip may be wound and a frame 0 in which the roller is journaled, saidframe consisting of side plates connected by cross-rods If preferred,the frame may be I and provided with hook-shaped arms adapted to engagethe hood of a car and set-screws by which the protector is clamped inplace.

3. -A face-protector for motormen comprising in its construction a stripprovided with an opening, a frame 2 inclosing said opening and providedwith a socket to receive a sheet of glass, a roller upon which the stripmay be wound, a frame C in which the roller is journaled, and means forattaching frame 0 to a car.

4. A face-protector for motormen consisting of a strip provided with anopening and a frame which receives a sheet of glass,an apron below theframe provided with a ring for-the purpose set forth, a roller uponwhich the strip is wound, aframe C in which the rolleris j ournaled andmeans for attaching the frame to a car.

5. A face-protector for motormen comprising in its construction a stripprovided with anopening, a two-part frame 2 inclosing said" opening andprovided with a socket having a U-shaped rubber strip to receive a sheetof glass, a roller upon which the strip may be wound, a frame 0 in whichthe roller is journaled and means for attaching said frame to a car.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BOWEN.

Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER, S. V. I-IELEY.

